Mustafa will coordinate Shushilan team activities, assist with the coordination of the wider Bangladesh team, design and oversee the Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRA) process, conduct training in ethics, social & human research, contribute to desktop studies, and provide input into the conceptual framework and design of semi-structured interviews.

Mr Mahanambrota Das(Mahanam) has 15 years’ experience as a social researcher and development practitioner, with expertise in PRA tools, community risk assessment, livelihoods, gender and best practice documentation. Mahanam’s main focus is in sustainable livelihoods.

Mahanam will assist with the coordination of the Shushilan and Bangladeshi teams, and contribute to household typologies and livelihood systems, the design and conduct of the PRA process, the conceptualisation of socio-ecological systems, and applications of value chains and integrated modelling. Mahanam will also assist in the development of best practice guidelines and policy analysis.

Mr Saidul Islam is experienced in qualitative and quantitative research tools with PRA. He has expertise in data collection and data analysis.